Hard Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz
A focused assessment of sophisticated techniques and concepts in plant biotech.
Quiz Questions
Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.
- 1
Which CRISPR‑derived technology enables precise editing of polyploid crop genomes without creating double‑strand breaks?
- 2
What primary metabolic pathway is engineered in cyanobacteria to boost direct conversion of CO₂ into ethanol?
- 3
Which trait introduced via RNA interference in Bt cotton addresses insect resistance breakdown?
- 4
In disease‑resistant wheat development, the Sr33 gene confers resistance to which pathogen?
- 5
What is the main advantage of using a synthetic promoter with tissue‑specific cis‑elements over a constitutive CaMV 35S promoter in field‑grown soybeans?
- 6
Which gene‑editing approach creates non‑transgenic, herbicide‑tolerant canola by targeting the acetolactate synthase (ALS) gene?
- 7
The term “phytobiome engineering” primarily aims to manipulate which component of the plant environment?
- 8
In stacked‑trait crops, what primary biosafety concern is addressed by molecular confinement strategies such as split‑component gene drives?
- 9
Which bioinformatic tool is specifically designed to predict off‑target sites for CRISPR/Cas12a in polyploid genomes?
- 10
What is the most widely used selectable marker gene in Agrobacterium‑mediated transformation of maize that confers resistance to phosphinothricin?
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